Improvement in picture-frame hangers



CHARLES H. MOULTON.

Improvement in Picture Frame Hangers.

No. 121,652. Patented Dec.5,1871.

WW f5 L/m UNITED STATES,

PATENT QFFICE.

CHARLES H. MOULTON, OF DES MOINES, IOWA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTO CHARLES EAST, OF SAME PLACE; SAID HAST ASSIGNOR TO (JON- RAD BROTOHI,OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PICTURE-FRAME HANGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,652, dated December5, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHARLEs H. MoULroN, of Des Moines, in the county ofPolk and State of Iowa, have invented an Improved Doubly-Ad justablePicture-Frame Hanger, of which the following is a specification:

My invention is designed to provide a simple means of hangingpicture-frames, looking-glasses, 850., in such a manner as to raise andlower the frame by shortening and lengthening the cord by slipping itback and forth through the eyes of the hooks. It consists in formingahook with an eye and a tongue, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure l of my drawing is a full-size perspective view of mydoubly-adjustable hanger.

A A is the plate. It is cut or stamped from sheet metal, and may be ofvarious sizes and ornamental designs. B B is the part of one side turnedup at a right angle, and perforated with a series of holes designed toreceive the hook attached to the cord. The plate A A has holes in theends through which screws or tacks are passed to hold the plates on theframes. The plates or hangers are placed on the back of the frame aboutthe middle of the end pieces. 0 is a hook formed of metal, and has aneye at the upper end, and in the eye a flat tongue, similar to ashoe-buckle. D is the cord, which passes through the eye of the hookdownward. \Vhen the cord is pulled upward the tongue in the eye willclamp and hold the cord. By this means the cord may be readilylengthenedand shortened and the frame thereby raised and lowered without movingthe hooks in the plates.

1 am aware that a plate similar to mine is in use; but I claim that thehook (I, used in connection with the plate A A, in addition to chang ingthe angle of the frame, furnishes a simple, new, and useful means ofraising and lowering the frame without changing the angle.

1 claim as my invention- The combined hook and buckle C, to operate inconnection with the plate A A, substantially as described, and for thepurposes specified.

CHARLES H. MOULTON.

Witnesses:

F. N. BENSON, J. THoMsoN. (62)

